Keenan Kampa , one of DM’s 2012 “25 to Watch,” will join the Kirov (Maryinsky) Ballet as the company’s first American dancer in June 2012. The graduate of the Kirov’s Vaganova Academy is currently in her second year as a Boston Ballet corps member. —posted 1/18/2012 Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancers with […]
The evening of the Awards is always a special time, and I get to witness most of it from backstage, as I sort of emcee the event. It was wonderful to be just this side of the flat as I listened to Pina Bausch tell about her parents in Germany waving and crying as she […]
Each year Dance Magazine gives awards to leading members of the dance field. Each awardee chooses the person from whom they would like to receive the award. This year, on December 8 at New York’s Florence Gould Hall, Harvey Lichtenstein will present the award to Pina Bausch; Damian Woetzel will introduce Ethan Stiefel; Judith Jamison […]
Set and Reset/Reset Teaching Trisha Brown at the University of Minnesota By Camille LeFevre “Peak, squiggle, step, step, around, pop up, break,” Wil Swanson sing-songs quietly, as he leads three young men in the University of Minnesota’s dance program through a phrase of Trisha Brown’s seminal work, Set and Reset (1983). “This arm pierces […]
One of the few American stars of American Ballet Theatre, Julie Kent is known for her luscious and limpid quality. She is a favorite of audiences for her portrayals of Giselle, Odette/Odile, Cinderella, Kitri, and many more roles, both classical and contemporary. She has starred in the films Dancers (opposite Baryshnikov) and Center Stage (opposite […]
Imagine a ballet company without its corps de ballet. There would be no lines of wilis in arabesque drawn magnetically together in Giselle, nor any grand polonaise for the ensemble in Theme and Variations. The corps de ballet is to a dance troupe as the spine is to the body: It provides framework, support, context, […]
We celebrate the new year with three additions that we’re pretty excited about. First, we’re adding short previews at the back of the magazine, topping off the “Reviews” section. We’ll be highlighting new productions by current choreographers and major companies around the country. Second, we’re expanding our education department. In addition to a monthly feature, […]
Young dancers might dream of dancing Juliet to their lover’s Romeo or traipsing the world together on tour. But what happens when that fantasy becomes reality? Seven couples—some in long-term pairings and some in the early throes of passion, some who dance together and some who don’t— describe what it’s like to juggle the professional […]
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